YAGI is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. YAGI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YAGI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAGI is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAGI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yagisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAGI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YAGI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,068.
What does YAGI mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A directional radio antenna made of a row of parallel rods mounted on a central boom.
The yagi was invented in Japan in the 1920s and takes its name from the engineer Hidetsugu Yagi, who published the design with his colleague. A yagi concentrates radio signals in one direction, which makes it useful for television reception and amateur radio.
How YAGI is used
Yagi is often capitalized as Yagi antenna, honoring the name of its inventor.
- The engineer mounted a yagi on the roof to boost the signal.
- Amateur radio operators often build their own yagi from aluminum tubing.
- Two yagis pointed in different directions covered both towns.
- A yagi antenna can be aimed precisely at a distant transmitter.
- The old yagi was replaced with a smaller, more efficient model.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAGI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAGI
1 longer words begin with YAGI.
Words with YAGI inside
3 words contain YAGI in the middle. Words that start with YAGI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YAGI
Common questions about YAGI
- Is YAGI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAGI, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAGI worth?
- YAGI is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAGI mean?
- A directional radio antenna made of a row of parallel rods mounted on a central boom.
- What letters can be added to YAGI?
- YAGI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YAGI:
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